GEOGRAPHY

'Geography' in the mouth, Matt on vocals, a little choppy, lacking pep, a riff is the good idea, the tune is jerky; station wagons, drawers there will be eight in fact, for a smooth, slightly sluggish variation; Elizabeth helps it's nice but nothing new on the horizon either; the piano break at 8 minutes, on a crystalline arpeggio then Steve Howe's guitar for an interesting latent moment, between solemn and contemplative and the most progressive part; already half way and Matt comes back, well it sounds like a Barclay James Harvest, the bass on a King Crimson from 'Discipline'; Yes is definitely in the crosshairs at least they stand out from Genesis; the tempos modulate the air between fluid melodic guitar and velvety keyboards, moving towards more tortured drifts, which positively enhances the second part; 19 minutes and finally the long-awaited explosion, well it subsides and the air becomes bucolic, on Genesis I also said to myself; South American guitar arpeggio which brightens up: let's summarize an emphatic, soft, dreamy piece with a taste of something already heard unfortunately and lacking energy, too melodic.

'Forces of Nature' with 3 drawers; solemn piano intro with vocals, choirs, 5 minutes it goes up a notch with arrangements on keyboards interspersed with Elizabeth's soft voice for dynamic rock; folk-symphonic break with a heavy riff, which was missing from the first track; 8 minutes and the second very distinct drawer appears, playful, more dynamite which feels good with a very beautiful symphonic crescendo; 14 minutes and a Tangerine Dream- style synth break, pompous, solemn, airy; arrival of Elizabeth for childish vocals and a sound on Genesis with a beautiful flute; around the 20 minute mark a vocal duet emerges, moving, in stereo, accompanied by an all too rare guitar solo quickly engulfed in a keyboard finale for a bucolic, Dantesque, grandiloquent landscape; nice surprise.

Overworld Dreams shows great musical richness with lots of keyboards, melodic tunes and a lack to make it a great album; beautiful but used in this decade of 2020, melodic which is boring for the first title, fortunately the second brings its share of emotion; a nice tribute though to Randy.(3.5)